Dell PowerVault vs NetApp ASA comparison

Dell Technologies and NetApp are both solutions in the Enterprise SAN category. Dell Technologies is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.2, while NetApp is ranked #6 with an average rating of 9.0. Dell Technologies holds a 29.7% mindshare in ES, compared to NetApp’s 4.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

Dell PowerVault

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

Dell PowerVault and NetApp ASA are competing products in the data storage domain. NetApp ASA often has the upper hand with advanced features, justified by a higher price.

Features: Dell PowerVault is noted for scalability, robust data protection, and its suitability for small and medium-sized businesses needing reliable storage. NetApp ASA stands out for its superior integration capabilities, efficient data management tools, and emphasis on efficiency, ideal for enterprises seeking advanced storage features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell PowerVault offers straightforward deployment with comprehensive guidance and responsive customer service, aiding organizations with limited IT resources. NetApp ASA has a more complex setup process, focusing on customization with detailed support documentation, providing a tailored deployment experience.

Pricing and ROI: Dell PowerVault is competitively priced, ensuring quicker ROI, appealing to budget-conscious organizations. NetApp ASA requires a higher initial investment but offers significant long-term benefits with its features, indicating a longer ROI period.

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Dell PowerVault vs. NetApp ASA

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerVault

Ranking in Enterprise SAN

2nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Fibre Channel (1st)

NetApp ASA

Ranking in Enterprise SAN

6th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

All-Flash Storage (20th), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Enterprise SAN category, the mindshare of Dell PowerVault is 29.7%, up from 9.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp ASA is 4.8%, down from 6.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise SAN Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Dell PowerVault	29.7%
NetApp ASA	4.8%
Other	65.5%

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RichardLynch

Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Administrative ease and dependable support consistently enhance our operations

I would say my favorite features of Dell PowerVault are that it's pretty easy to use. It has been pretty stable. Firmware updates have been pretty easy to install and updates are pretty easy to do. Replacing a bad drive is fairly simple. It is just fairly easy to administer it.

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Punit Waghela

Technical Specialist at Softcell Technologies Limited

Runs smoothly and provides excellent performance and throughput

I love the SnapMirror and autonomous ransomware protection features. SnapMirror is used for replication purposes in a DC/DR setup. If something goes wrong with the data center or production DR, the data automatically gets replicated to the DR site, and the DR site becomes operational, allowing continued access to data. Autonomous ransomware protection helps recover data in case of any threat or ransomware. Ransomware is increasing daily, and according to Gartner, most companies have to pay a ransom if a ransomware attack occurs in their environment. NetApp provides a ransomware guarantee program where they commit that if data cannot be recovered in case of ransomware, NetApp will provide compensation, which adds significant value.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The Dell warranty is the most valuable feature."

"I would say my favorite features of Dell PowerVault are that it's pretty easy to use, it has been pretty stable, firmware updates have been pretty easy to install, and replacing a bad drive is fairly simple."

"The initial setup was easy and simple."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it is easy to manage and easy to use."

"We've even used PowerVault series that we intended to use for five years for almost eight years, and it was still working fine, providing good ROI compared to any other brand, which are the overall advantages of Dell PowerVault."

"Dell PowerVault is user-friendly and easy to deploy."

"I find this solution to be cost-effective in providing data storage for clients."

"For us, the initial setup was easy."

More Dell PowerVault pros

"I love the SnapMirror and autonomous ransomware protection features."

"Their dedupe functionality is probably the best in the industry. We also find their support model to be good. When we purchase something, we have a very good understanding of how long that product will be supported by them. That helps."

Cons

"The tool needs to improve its UI."

"In the next release, I would like the deduplication and compression included, as well as the flash technology. It doesn't currently use it."

"PowerVault doesn't integrate with Active Directory. Other storage solutions offer SAN and NAS unified storage in a single appliance, but PowerVault is only SAN."

"The high prices of the solution are an area of concern where improvements are required."

"I would like Dell to improve on the configuration of the disk groups. Only one group is expandable. Once you configure the other disk group types, you cannot expand them. It limits scalability. If you want maybe to grow a disk group, you lose information, and then you need to build it up again, which is not a good use case for customers."

"Dell PowerVault could improve by having a higher cache and file protocol support added."

"There have been situations when our customers requested professional support and the price of that feature is quite high."

"The product is generally stable, but there have been instances, to my knowledge, where we faced issues in the controller during software upgrades. The availability is not at the desired level during these upgrade processes, as we sometimes need to shut down both controllers. This could be an area for improvement."

More Dell PowerVault cons

"From a partner's point of view, the tools that I'm using to create the quote or do the sizing are very slow."

"I would like to see more in terms of replication between storage classes. They provide different lines of storage. They have a lower class. They have a capacity class. They have their enterprise class. Currently, we have interoperability at the same plane with ONTAP, but we would like to see some more mix-and-match features."

"I'm handling pre-sales and post-sales. From a partner's point of view, the tools that I'm using to create the quote or do the sizing are very slow. The tools, such as hardware universe, fusion.netapp.com, and partnerhub.netapp.com, operate very slowly. These tools should be more efficient as they enter a hung state repeatedly."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost, compared to other solutions, is on the higher end."

"The price is reasonable and we are satisfied with it."

"I rate the solution's pricing a seven to eight out of ten."

"I would rate the pricing model a nine out of ten, with one being expensive and ten being cheap."

"I rate Dell PowerVault a six or seven out of ten for pricing."

"The product is inexpensive."

"I rate the price of Dell PowerVault a nine out of ten."

"Dell PowerVault's price is the tool's main attraction."

More Dell PowerVault pricing and cost advice

"It's more expensive than other storage vendors such as Dell, Pure Storage, HPE, Lenovo, etc. It provides the value, but some of the customers don't look at the value. They first look at the cost. It should be reduced by 20% to 30%."

"It is pretty good. It is definitely cheaper than Dell EMC. It is cheaper than Pure. It is cheaper than VAST. It is definitely cheaper than HPE. The only one that is on par with NetApp's pricing for enterprise customers is IBM."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

26%

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	11

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell PowerVault?

Dell PowerVault offers valuable full flash storage.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerVault?

I don't get involved in the negotiations for price for Dell PowerVault. We get a pretty good discount. I don't think it's terribly priced, but Pure Storage is cheaper.

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What needs improvement with Dell PowerVault?

There is room for improvement with Dell PowerVault as we did have some promises about dedupe and compression that did not turn out as promised, but Dell trued up and gave us more storage for no cos...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp ASA?

I am not much aware of the pricing of NetApp ASA, but I estimate a NetApp ASA system could cost several hundreds of thousand euros or pounds or dollars.

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What needs improvement with NetApp ASA?

The areas of NetApp ASA that could be improved include features such as the active sync feature that allows a customer to write on either data center A or data center B. I believe that the resilien...

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What is your primary use case for NetApp ASA?

The most common use cases for NetApp ASA are VMware infrastructures and Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization, and in general, disaster recovery and business continuity architectures where synchronous r...

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Overview

PowerVault MD3 storage arrays help you cost-effectively address the challenges of data growth with versatile solutions that are optimized for smaller-scale storage consolidation, flexible virtualization projects and high business continuity.

Dell Technologies

The NetApp ASA is an all-flash SAN storage array that delivers industry-leading availability, superior performance, and simplified data management across your hybrid cloud. It is designed for a wide range of workloads, including mission-critical applications, databases, and virtualized environments. NetApp ASA features a scale-out architecture that can be scaled to meet the needs of your growing business. They also support a wide range of built-in data protection and data security features, including snapshots, replication, disaster recovery, and autonomous ransomware protection.

Benefits

Superior performance for your dedicated SAN environment.
Continuous data access to support your business-critical workloads.
Simple and efficient data management that reduces TCO.
Effortless cloud connectivity with leading integration to Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and others.

Features

Ensure mission-critical data is secure and always available: NetApp ASA systems maintain data availability and keep critical applications running with symmetric active-active architecture—backed by NetApp’s Six Nines Data Availability Guarantee.
Safeguard data with built-in application-consistent data protection and achieve business continuity with synchronous disaster recovery.
Superior performance to power your most important applications: Achieve blazing-fast response times across business-critical applications with ASA systems. NetApp supports both NVMe/FC and NVMe/TCP in the ASA A-Series, providing consistent low latency and millions of IOPS in a cluster.
Efficiency and simplicity that drive down TCO: With NetApp ONTAP data management software running on ASA systems, you can enjoy storage savings with 4:1 storage efficiency—guaranteed.

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Sample Customers

Dayco, FAW Foundry, University of Cambridge, Finder, Stadtwerke Pforzheim GmbH & Co.

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